Ok, five of my six hive have capped brood in them. Four have a lot of capped brood and one has just a little. But one of my hive has no capped brood or uncapped for what it's worth. Any suggestions on what I should do? There are a good many bees in the hive but I am worried that it will start to decline soon if I don't do something. Should I try to requeen or combine with another hive?
Is there a possibility they have swarmed recently. After the queens hatch there's a period that all the brood has hatched out but the new queen isn't laying yet.
Just a thought.
I don't think so. I checked for swarm cells and didn't find any.
Add a frame of eggs and larvae. If they need a queen chances are they will build q-cells, if Wolfer is right, no big deal.
I had a hive do that last year the queen had stopped laying as no nectar was coming in. I started feeding and found eggs the next inspection. do you have uncapped honey available for the bee? if not feeding might help. a short brood-less period now and then may not be a problem as it lowers your varoa count some.
A couple years ago I had a colony swarm, and there was no queen cell to be found. Bought a queen and put her in. Good luck Matt, you could possibly put in a frame of eggs.
Joe